HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081281140
Bassin · #1081281140
A watershed (drainage basin) is not a body of water — it is the land area where rainfall converges towards a single river that eventually reaches the sea (or an endorheic basin). Boundaries follow ridgelines.
Crosses 2 administrative regions : Mucaba, Songo
Sub-basin area
236,5km²
Upstream area
801,1km²
Discharge
17,31m³/s
Mean elev.
745m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081283230316 km²
- Bassin · #1081283010249 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 156.5 km²66.5% of basin
- SongoUíge · Angola78.9 km²33.5% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 1 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
23,1°C
Annual rain
1 130mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,29
Runoff
689mm/an
PET
1 600mm
AET
951mm
Mean slope
5,3°
Water table
314cm
Forest
96%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)